Then again, at most trials jurors don’t witness a police chase through the courthouse and an earthquake that forced an evacuation — or have a verdict that was old news because the judge blurted out the word “guilty” while jurors were still in the jury room.

Such was the trial of 51-year-old parole officer Nicholas Kordas of Clifton Park, whose rape trial concluded late Tuesday with a mistrial on rape and sodomy-related charges. He was also convicted of official misconduct, a misdemeanor, which was divulged early.

That came in addition to lengthy days of deliberation that only became longer when acting Supreme Court Justice Dan Lamont juggled the high-profile Kordas case at the same time as a trial for a man charged with driving with a suspended license.

In the meantime, the judge repeatedly pressed the jury of eight men and four women to work toward a verdict — even as one juror indicated the nightly deliberations could cost him his home and another had to leave to free her dog.

“This was a weird situation,” said Albany lawyer Gaspar Castillo, who represented Kordas along with attorney Cheryl Coleman. “There was a lot of weird developments, weird happenings.”